National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful, Sylvester Mensah, has said he is sure of emerging winner of the party's presidential primaries to represent them at the 2020 general elections.

The Former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) stated that the era of former President John Mahama as leader of the party is over as the party is looking for a fresh face to lead them to recapture power in the next election.

Speaking on The Hard Truth, Sylvester Mensah indicated that though Former President Mahama had been the best for the party for some time, the results of the 2016 elections shows that there was a high level of disaffection and withdrawal from political participation within the rank and file of the party in the run-up to the polls.

“You could also tell that there was anger, there was frustration, there was disaffection and I guess that these are very loud statements emanating from the numbers. It tells clearly that we have gotten to a crucial junction in the life of our party that we need to re-strategise. We need to put in place a new set of vision that can accommodate the emerging trends and expectations of our party,” he said.

He was emphatic that he represents this “new set of vision” and charged the party’s delegate to confirm him as the flagbearer during primaries later this year.

“The delegate of our party has a responsibility to determine what is useful for our party. I have always trusted their views, I have always respected their views and I think they have never been wrong and they won’t be wrong this time and I guess that God willing, I will be rhyming with their choice and I will emerge as the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress,” he said.

The name of Sylvester Mensah is one of the many who have declared their intention to run as president on the ticket of the NDC in the next election.

Others who have made their intention public include Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, Professor Joshua Alabi, Ekow Spio Garbrah.